"It's really hard to meet these requirements. Wang Hengyuan said with a wry smile, "It is estimated that there will be no buyers in the world who will make such a request." Warships do not focus on combat performance, but provide a more comfortable living environment for naval officers and men. ”

For the current Chinese designers, these requirements of the Saudi military are simply incomprehensible.

It is impossible to make such a request for the army of any country.

Warships are used for national defense and may be thrown into war at any time, and officers and men should always be in a state of intense training and combat readiness on warships. If the conditions are too good, how much combat effectiveness can the officers and men who are greedy for enjoyment have?

"The customer is God, anyway, they give money, and they improve according to their requirements. "Xie Kai thinks that Wang Hengyuan's thinking should have changed, and even the US imperialists cannot refuse the demands of a tyrant country like Saudi Arabia, so why should the Chinese warship designers refuse?" Don't say that they just want to increase the living area of officers and soldiers and provide a comfortable living environment, even if they want to turn a warship into an armed yacht, we must change it! Don't think about saving fuel and improving the self-sustaining time of cruising; and we don't need to consider combat performance......

"Regardless of combat performance, if we are sunk by small gunboats, this is not our signboard!" Zheng Yucheng was not happy.

The domestic navy is eager to have a higher combat capability, and the environment is tolerable.

Don't you know that the officers and men of the Navy and the technicians in the engine room are shirtless and sweat a lot in the winter?

"That's it, this will smash our signboard, who will dare to buy our warships in the future?" Qi Zhiyuan was most disgusted by this matter.

The Saudi military does not seem to buy equipment for national defense.

It is no wonder that the Arab League is so strong that it has been beaten by the Israeli army.

"Do you think they can use the aircraft carrier to Saudi Arabia?" Xie Kai asked the crowd rhetorically.

The American M1, known as the most powerful tank in the world, was eventually defeated by a group of guerrillas and captured by a group of guerrillas in the hands of the Saudi army.

It's not that the Saudi soldiers don't want to work hard, but the benefits given by the state are too good, who would be so stupid to die because of the courage of the war?

It's better to die than to live, not to mention that you can live well?

"Because of the good economic conditions in Saudi Arabia, people in their country don't want to fight, and if they are not forced to do so, no one wants to fight. Otherwise, with their huge land area and the best economic environment in the entire Middle East, will they let Silly Damu sit on the top spot in the Middle East? It turns out that Egypt is the most powerful in the Arab world, but it was beaten by Israel because of its economic failure...... Xie Kai was also desperate.

He didn't know what the mood of the relevant American personnel was when Saudi Arabia purchased M1 tanks at that time.

The internal situation of those tanks equipped by Saudi Arabia was not known until they were captured by the guerrillas later and disclosed to the world, and the world knew that these tanks used for combat not only had air conditioning, but also small car refrigerators and coffee machines!

If it weren't for the Saudi government's strict ban on alcohol, they would have been equipped with wine racks in their tanks, and it would be nice to drink wine while driving the tank.

It's not that the Saudi government doesn't know how powerful, but the Saudi aristocracy feels that the soldiers risk their lives in order to maintain their stable lives, and the living conditions are not too good.

"Therefore, we can't expect them to perform to the fullest like our country's army, even if they are poorly equipped......" Xie Kai said not jokingly.

The People's Liberation Army has come from the era of the Red Army, and there is no need to mention the hardships along the way, everyone knows it.

At that time, if there was going to be a war, it was very good to be able to give a soldier five bullets at a time. After all, there are no guns and no cannons, and the enemy will come forward.

So, at that time, the marksmanship of the Red Army was generally good.

Even if there are no bullets for them to practice targeting, and the muzzle of the gun is hung with a brick to practice aiming or something, this is the training course of early foreign snipers, and the Red Army soldiers are used as the basic training subjects for all soldiers.

Where did an army like Saudi Arabia live such a hard life?

"Is there a plan now?" Xie Kai asked.

Wang Hengyuan and others shook their heads and said that there was no plan.

Originally, it was only a frigate of about 2,000 tons, and it needed hundreds of people to operate, and if there was no way to increase the space, it could only reduce the number of operators.

To reduce the number of operators, either some weapon systems can be eliminated, or more automated weapons can only be added.

Neither option is available at the moment.

What's more, in order to increase the selling price, Xie Kai not only moved the Dihongqi missile, which has a range of more than 200 kilometers, but even installed the Feiyun-359.

The weapons system has increased considerably, and the operational aspects have also had to be staffed.

Weapons automation?

This is a research topic, but it cannot be used directly now.

There are only a few frigates on the slipway that will be launched into the outfitting process after the final painting work, and it is difficult to have a greater degree of automation at this stage.

What's more, there is still about half a year to deliver......

"If we do more automation, we won't be able to do it in time. If there is no way to automate the transformation, some weapons and equipment can only be canceled. Xie Kai frowned and said, "Did this difficulty give them a reaction?"

Saudi Arabia's request is too embarrassing.

"They also know that the Saudi military says that the delivery period can be extended, which means to carry out the improvement work of automation. Qi Zhiyuan said.

Xie Kai thought about it, this is also in line with common sense, the situation in the Middle East is not so tense.

Especially now that the Persians and Iraqis no longer attack oil tankers, the need for warships is not so urgent.

If Xie Kai hadn't asked for the payment of the goods first, the Saudi government would have canceled the order for these four frigates.

"Do their military representatives agree to this?"

"It was put forward by the military representative on behalf of the Saudi Bureau, during the training of their naval trainees, they have been complaining that the environment of our 053H2 is too bad, and many officers even refuse to board the ship after several voyages, so Saudi Arabia has put forward such a request for improvement. Qi Zhiyuan said.

"It's been almost three months, and the delivery deadline is not long. If the Saudis ask to delay the delivery, we can make some changes, even if the automation performance is improved, but we can't reduce the number of operators too much. Wang Hengyuan shook his head and said.

The addition of anti-aircraft and ground-to-ground weapons has correspondingly increased radar and guidance systems, and in terms of operation, it is necessary to increase manpower.

Even the United States has not yet reached the level where radar automatically captures targets and automatically selects targets for attack.

Ground-to-ground missiles, anti-aircraft fire systems are integrated on such a small-tonnage warship, and the electronic systems are undoubtedly huge.

Xie Kai didn't expect this either.

The problem of electromagnetic compatibility was finally solved, and now it has to continue to improve because of the requirements of Saudi Arabia.

"The Saudi side does not agree to reduce the armament. Before Xie Kai could speak, Qi Zhiyuan blocked his unspoken words.

In desperation, the group could only return to the technical design room.

Inside, there is a detailed model, and you can clearly see the appearance of the full-form battleship after the entire outfitting is completed.

According to the original improved design, an anti-submarine helicopter deck was added to the tail section, and the original two anti-aircraft cannons in the front and rear have also become a naval artillery system that is not completely integrated, and the gun mounts of each twin Type 76 cannon of 37 mm caliber have been raised, and a group of small 2X2 anti-aircraft missile launch boxes are arranged on both sides. On top of the cannon, there is also an unfolded flying radar antenna.

In this way, the whole deck looks a little crowded.

"The machine gun has been changed to a command room that can be operated, and the flying shield-359 also needs to be operated by people......" Seeing that Xie Kai could see the gods, Wang Hengyuan introduced.

"This radar can be canceled, right? Isn't there an air defense radar on the battleship?" Xie Kai was speechless about this.

Originally, it was said that this would solve the problem.

But now it seems that the radar is above the cannon, so that the vibration generated when the cannon fires does not affect the accuracy of the radar, in fact, a separate bracket is added behind the cannon, which is still some distance from the barrel.

As a result, it becomes even more bloated.

"At first, I wanted to cancel it, but during the simulation test, it was found that although the detection radar on the warship was at a longer distance, it could not make the anti-aircraft missile react faster. It takes a lot of time to put it together. ”

The initial delivery time was too short.

In many places, the details have not been carefully considered.

"Now that I have time, I'll change it. ”

"Bahrain did not agree to a delay in delivery. Qi Zhiyuan reminded Xie Kai.

Xie Kai was a little speechless, these people are now completely afraid of wolves and tigers.

I obviously want to improve, but I'm worried about this and that.

It was much easier for the Flying Shield-359 to get on the ship than the Haihongqi-61, but when the Haihongqi-61 got on the ship, it was found that it was too large and took up too much space. At present, the Navy is considering adding rattlesnakes to the French Sea.

The entire Flying Shield-359 is a complete system, and in terms of operation, it needs two operators to be mounted on a warship with four launchers, and it also needs to increase the number of operators for maintenance......

The ground-red flag missile needs just as much more.

These practical situations are in front of us, and it is not easy to solve them at all.

"Only a larger deck area can make it easier to arrange ......" Wang Hengyuan once again put forward the idea of increasing the tonnage of the frigate.

At this time, not only Xie Kai, but even Zheng Yucheng felt that he couldn't refute it.

Who told them to start out just to sell for a high price, and all kinds of weapons were stuffed up!

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